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Free to Choose By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The freedom to choose one option over another is the source of democracy and consumerism. We like to tell ourselves that we can determine our destiny by the choices we make. But as Sophia Rosenfeld …
A Prayer of Gratitude for All People Who Have Good Values By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Perpetual Becoming, help us not to look down our noses at those who do not believe as we do and keep us both mindful and grateful for all who seek to do good in the world. Poll: Many people thin…
A Prayer for Victims and Families of the Turkish Mine Disaster By Frederic Brussat Blog Post An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, on May 13, 2014, has become the country's worst industrial disaster. The death toll now stands at 301 after the last two bodies of mi…
The Incivility of Being Late By Frederic Brussat Blog Post You probably have a relative or friend who is chronically late. Some psychological studies claim that not being on time for a social engagement or business meeting is typical of a narcissistic perso…
Everything Is Being Turned Inside Out: Interview with Terry Tempest Williams By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In an interview with Sarah van Gelder, the co-founder and editor-at-large of Yes! Magazine, one of our favorite Living Spiritual Teachers Terry Tempest Williams shared her vision of where we are at …
A Prayer for Animal Protections and Rights By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post God Who Breaks Chains, we pray for all animals who suffer and feel pain because so many humans have never bothered to consider the question of animal rights. Help us to see that these creatures have…
The U.N. Report on Climate Change Is a Call to Action for Spiritual Activists By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The recently released UN report "Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability" makes it clear that the effects of global warming are already here with food shortages, droughts, and vi…
Revisioning the Spiritual Retreat Center By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In an article for The New York Times, Norimitsu Onishi writes about the challenges facing the legendary Esalen Institute with its glorious views of California's coastline. At one time it was the onl…
Armed Drones and Perpetual War By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Carrie Johnson in npr.org sums up a report by the Stimson Center, a nonpartisan Washington think tank that includes a number of former Pentagon and C.I.A. officials. It contends that the U.S. policy…
Civility & Mussar Practices By Frederic Brussat Blog Post I've already written in this blog about how two religious traditions can help us deal with the incivility of our times. The Sufi practice of adab is an antidote to the lack of courtesy in our societ…

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